Medical deferred

Is this really as long and
convoluted a process as I've heard?

Five years ago, it was 3-6 months for two cases I know of. The shorter
one was me. I got a friend who worked at the Dept Transportation to
call and inquire about it. A few days later I got a call from a clerk
who said that one line (drugs, I think) hadn't been filled out. I told
her "no" and the medical came through in a week or so.

If it's not in your hands in a month, why don't you call the office
(there's usually one in a nearby city) of your Congressman and whimper
a bit? Congressional staff love to make phone calls on behalf of
constitutents. It doesn't take much effort, and it makes voters happy.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put CUB in subject line)

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

First, go to AOPA Medical section and read all material and obtain all
available information that pertains to your situation.

Next, print out the information so you'll be able to refer to it with
your AME and in calls you'll be making.

Then contact AOPA Medical Certification Dept; 1-800-872-2672. Gary
Crump is the Director.

Be ready to state your case and any questions in a clear and logical
manner; (very much like filing IFR with Flight Service!)

Good Luck




Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Is this really as long and
convoluted a process as I've heard?

Five years ago, it was 3-6 months for two cases I know of. The shorter
one was me. I got a friend who worked at the Dept Transportation to
call and inquire about it. A few days later I got a call from a clerk
who said that one line (drugs, I think) hadn't been filled out. I told
her "no" and the medical came through in a week or so.

If it's not in your hands in a month, why don't you call the office
(there's usually one in a nearby city) of your Congressman and whimper
a bit? Congressional staff love to make phone calls on behalf of
constitutents. It doesn't take much effort, and it makes voters happy.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put CUB in subject line)

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Is this really as long and
convoluted a process as I've heard?

Five years ago, it was 3-6 months for two cases I know of.

from personnal experience:

a few years back, when I applied for the Class-III, for which
I needed a SODA, it took about 6 weeks for the paper work to
come back from Oklahoma city. Earlier this year in February,
I applied for a class-II upgrade, and another SODA was
required (most SODAs are valid only up to a given class of
medical, the only exception I know is the letter you get for
color vision which is valid for all classes) and upgrading
required going through the process again (no biggy, the fact
that the FAA even considered letting me fly for hire, let
alone granted it eventually, is one of those things that makes
me glad I immigrated!); this time it took over six months.

As someone else mentioned there was an article on AOPA magazine
about how some of the specialized AME in Oklahoma City happened
to be reservists, and how it affected the delays in processing
'special cases' -- A more recent article in the same magazine
seemed to indicate that things have dramatically improved
since then...

--Sylvain

"Sylvain" wrote in message om...

As someone else mentioned there was an article on AOPA magazine
about how some of the specialized AME in Oklahoma City happened
to be reservists, and how it affected the delays in processing
'special cases' -- A more recent article in the same magazine
seemed to indicate that things have dramatically improved
since then...

Bull****. The FAA has been running 12 week backlogs in Joklahoma city
for four years now. The only thing that has been overly mitigating is that
they have allowed AME's to issue renewals pending review in OKC rather
than deferring them.